• Properties:

• System Process: Yes
• Background Process: Yes
• Application Process:Yes
• Common Path:
  C:\ ImageMate CompactFlash USB\ sandicon.exe
• Uses Network:No
• Uses Internet:No

Description:

The file sandicon.exe is mainly utilized with hardware devices that function with the USB, or universal serial bus, a standard designedto providethe connection of peripherals with a standard interface socket, and improve the computer's capabilities of identifying a certain foreign hardware device without driver reconfiguration by enabling connection and disconnection withoutrebooting the machine.

Also knowntoexecuteasthe SandIcon MFC application, the sandicon.exe program runs on any Windows XP platform with a file size of 131,072 bytes. This program writes in the system registry the entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Run.

The process sandicon.exe functions as an icon of the SDDR-31 (USB) card reader SanDisk ImageMate CompactFlash. This utility allows the movement of the application's iconbeside its designated drive in Windows Explorer.

SanDisk ImageMate CompactFlash card reader SDDR-31 (USB), with the file sandicon.exe, requires at least a 233 MHz Pentium or a K6-2 processor to run in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000 or USB-supported Windows ME and at least Power Mac, iMac, G3 and Mac OS 8.6, with USB support for Mac operating systems.

The card reader, simply known as ImageMate, provides similar functions asa removable disk drive, which uses the memory card as a diskette. It allows files to be dragged and dropped from the hard disk drive to the card and vice versa. ImageMatecan be used while it is connected to the USB port, and is able to copy pictures from the memory card of a camera to the computer by inserting the card into the device. The transfer of data is faster than that of a serial port, which makes it more functional whena large number ofimages are involved. Additionally, the card reader ImageMate enables data transfer from a desktop computer to a handheld computer or vice versa.

Recommendations:

This is a safe process. There is no necessity to remove this process from your system or change it in any way.